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. 1988 Jul;26(7):1404-5.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.26.7.1404-1405.1988.

Evaluation of a direct identification method for Staphylococcus aureus from blood culture broth

A C Hamoudi  1 , M M Hribar
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Evaluation of a direct identification method for Staphylococcus aureus from blood culture broth

A C Hamoudi et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1988 Jul.

Abstract

We evaluated the reliability of Staphaurex (Wellcome Diagnostics, Dartford, England) for the direct identification of staphylococci from blood culture broth with evidence of positivity and a suggestive Gram-stained smear. Our evaluation indicates that this application is of limited sensitivity, thus reducing the value of a negative test. However, since the test is highly specific, a positive test is significant in predicting the isolation of Staphylococcus aureus.

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